Synonyms of thrashes

thrashes

verb

present tense third-person singular of thrash

1

as in buries

to defeat by a large margin

the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buries
• whips
• overcomes
• throws
• clobbers
• trounces
• smothers
• annihilates
• flattens
• beats
• wallops
• bombs
• routs
• whaps
• upsets
• drubs
• overwhelms
• whups
• masters
• whomps
• tromps
• dusts
• takes
• tops
• trims
• smokes
• pastes
• blows away
• conquers
• sweeps
• surpasses
• waxes
• destroys
• succeeds
• shellacs
• whops
• skins
• exceeds
• scores
• creams
• subdues
• dispatches
• skunks
• runs rings around
• licks
• crushes
• snows under
• eats alive
• beats the pants off
• wipes the floor with
• vanquishes
• runs circles around
• slaughters
• wipes the ground with
• overpowers
• caps
• surmounts
• subjugates
• overthrows
• outdoes
• upends
• excels
• finishes
• outstrips
• outshines
• bests
• transcends
• eclipses
• outdistances
• wins (against)
• overmatches
• overtops
• hurdles
• overbears
• prevails (over)
• triumphs (over)
• knocks over
• flourishes
• worsts
• breaks
• knocks off
• outfights
• sinks
• betters
• edges (out)
• aces (out)
• noses out
• pips
• does in

2

as in whips

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whips
• hides
• slashes
• flails
• slaps
• flicks
• flogs
• spanks
• knocks
• hits
• switches
• licks
• lashes
• flagellates
• mauls
• cuts
• smacks
• punches
• leathers
• scourges
• whacks
• tans
• whales
• bangs
• horsewhips
• pounds
• swipes
• beats
• bats
• clips
• thumps
• claps
• straps
• swats
• birches
• cowhides
• rawhides
• pummels
• clobbers
• smites
• bashes
• boxes
• thwacks
• quirts
• wallops
• mangles
• canes
• clubs
• lambasts
• bops
• bludgeons
• cudgels
• socks
• clouts
• lambastes
• threshes
• pelts
• touches up
• hammers
• knouts
• paddles
• cracks
• slugs
• slogs
• pastes
• lams
• lathers
• belts
• batters
• whaps
• bastes
• belabors
• tromps
• cuffs
• roughs
• works over
• slates
• drubs
• busts
• whups
• buffets
• pistol-whips
• laces
• blackjacks
• fustigates
• fibs
• whops
• pommels
• bungs

3

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• hides
• pounds
• whips
• beats
• slaps
• lashes
• knocks
• slams
• smashes
• thumps
• hits
• spanks
• pummels
• mauls
• does
• attacks
• pelts
• batters
• assaults
• punches
• bashes
• lambasts
• bludgeons
• wallops
• bats
• flogs
• whaps
• smacks
• lambastes
• threshes
• whacks
• chops
• hammers
• drubs
• paddles
• slogs
• lathers
• clubs
• raids
• belts
• bastes
• tromps
• belabors
• punches out
• switches
• works over
• swipes
• slates
• tans
• storms
• whups
• buffets
• boxes
• rushes
• wounds
• laces
• whales
• roughs (up)
• swats
• clobbers
• curries
• messes (up)
• assails
• fibs
• thwacks
• beats up on
• whops
• pommels
• cracks
• besets
• clouts
• birches
• lacerates
• bungs up
• whams
• descends (on or upon)
• socks
• pastes
• straps
• jumps (on)
• cudgels
• lams
• lays on
• flagellates
• mutilates
• mangles
• cuffs
• whomps
• maims
• pounces (on or upon)
• busts
• leathers
• scourges
• canes
• gores
• horsewhips
• pistol-whips
• blackjacks
• fustigates
• cowhides
• rawhides

4

as in tosses

to make jerky or restless movements

in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tosses
• squirms
• fidgets
• twitches
• jerks
• writhes
• fiddles
• wiggles
• trembles
• twists
• wriggles
• shakes
• shivers
• threshes
• jiggles
• flutters
• shudders
• flits
• quivers
• jigs
• squiggles
• paces
• quakes
• twitters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rests
• relaxes
• unwinds
• calms (down)
• stills